Gabriel Alonso

Gabriel Alonso

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Alonso Aristiaguirre
Date of birth	(1923-11-09)9 November 1923
Place of birth	Hondarribia, Spain
Date of death	19 November 1996(1996-11-19) (aged 73)
Place of death	Hondarribia, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Izarzuri
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1942	Real Unión
1942–1946	Racing Ferrol	50	(0)
1946–1951	Celta	113	(0)
1951–1954	Real Madrid	45	(0)
1954–1956	Málaga	49	(0)
1956–1957	Rayo Vallecano	12	(0)
International career
1949	Spain B	1	(0)
1948–1952	Spain	12	(0)
Managerial career
1963–1964	Jaén
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name 2 Gabriel Alonso Aristiaguirre (9 November 1923 – 19 November 1996) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Hondarribia, Basque Country, Alonso played for three clubs in La Liga, Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid and CD Málaga, over the course of nine seasons. He won the 1954 national championship with the second team, but his input consisted of one game, a 1–1 away draw against CA Osasuna.

During an 18-year senior career, Alonso also represented Real Unión, Racing de Ferrol and Rayo Vallecano, retiring in June 1957 at the age of nearly 34 and dying at 73 in his hometown.

International career

Alonso won 12 caps for Spain, during four years. He was selected for the squad that competed in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, appearing in all six matches for the eventual fourth-placed nation.

External links

• Gabriel Alonso at BDFutbol
• Racing de Ferrol biography Template:Es icon
• Celta de Vigo biography Template:Es icon
• Gabriel Alonso at National-Football-Teams.com
• Gabriel Alonso – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Spain stats at Eu-Football